Scientific Journal of the National Academy of Internal Affairs

Interrogation as one of the main means of proving in criminal proceedings on crimes provided for in Art. 275 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine is widely used in investigative practice. Depending on the crime, the type of interrogation, the situation, the person interrogated, his interest in the results of the investigation, the volume and nature of the data and information that the investigation has, the tactics of the interrogation is determined. During preparation for interrogations in the investigation of crimes stipulated in Art. 275 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine in practically every case it is necessary to get acquainted with a large number of documents and regulations regarding the regulation of the design, construction, manufacturing, storage of industrial products or the design, construction and operation of buildings and structures. The professional component of interrogations is a problem in practice. The typical shortcomings of conducting interrogations that affect their effectiveness in obtaining evidence are: lack of preparation for questioning; bad knowledge of terminology; noninvolvement of specialists; absence of the investigator's initiative in establishing the circumstances of the violation in detail; mistakes in identifying the persons to be questioned; wrong sequence (queue) interrogations. Preparation and conducting of interrogations in the investigation of violations of the rules concerning the safe use of industrial products or the safe operation of buildings and structures has the features that are determined by the influence of specific factors on the formation and content of testimony of different categories of interrogators. The conduct of interrogations in such proceedings requires awareness of the peculiarities of various types of production activity and possession of the terminology apparatus.